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I’ve written in the past that Fall Guys: The Barnums of Bounce by Marcus Griffin is a problematic source. While Griffin has insider knowledge due to his time in the Buffalo promotional office in the 1930s, he wrote the book for the purpose of revenge against the promoters who fired him. The book contains factual information mixed in with interesting
James Hiram McLaughlin kenbe distenksyon pou yo te premye wrèstè pwofesyonèl Ameriken an. Pandan ke moun te lite pwofesyonèl anvan McLaughlin, li te premye moun ki te genyen yon k ap viv pwofesyonèl nan lit. McLaughlin te kòmanse lit pwofesyonèl nan 1860 nan 16 ane laj men Lagè Sivil la te entèwonp karyè li pou kèk ane. McLaughlin te kòmanse lit ankò nan 1866. Pa 1877,
Sou Jiye 2, 1921 in Jersey City, New Jersey, reigning World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Jack Dempsey met light heavyweight boxing king Georges Carpentier. Boxing fans flocked to event resulting in the first million dollar gate in boxing history. The match would prove the old boxing adage, “A good big man always beats a good little man.” Menmsi Georges Carpentier
In the early 1920s, Christos Theofilou began wrestling as Jim Londos after several years as the gimmicky “Wrestling Plasterer”. Londos probably didn’t realize that the name change would be the first step into him becoming the biggest box office attraction in 1930s professional wrestling. The second step was his emergence as a main event wrestler in St. Louis. Born in
Sou Jiye 4, 1922, Alan Eustace te resevwa piki li nan World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Ed “Strangler” Lewis. Eustace, chanpyon nan Kansas, won a qualifying match with “Kiltivatè” Bailey nan mwa mas 1922 pou kalifye pou match ak Lewis. 31-Eustace te gen laj menm jan ak “Strangler” Lewis men Lewis te gen plis eksperyans. Debu nan 14 ane ki gen laj,
I was recently honored to be a guest on The Martial Culture Podcast. Coach Rene Driefuss and Matt Peters were excellent hosts. I truly enjoyed my time on their podcast. We spoke about one of my books, Gotch vs. Hackenschmidt: The Matches That Made and Destroyed Legitimate American Professional Wrestling in particular. Sepandan, we spoke in general about the history
Depi aparisyon li kòm yon espò spektatè nan dezyèm mwatye nan 19yèm syèk la, pwomotè ak littè yo te anba yon nwaj nan sispèk ke yo te travay alimèt yo. Pandan ke lit pwofesyonèl ta evantyèlman konpoze prèske sèlman nan ekspozisyon sèn, anpil, si se pa pi fò, nan match yo te konkou lejitim anvan 1915. Pwomotè ak luteur te ale nan gwo
Sou Me 11, 1900, World Heavyweight Boxing Champion James J. Jeffries fought his former employer James J. Corbett. Corbett held the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship in the early 1890s. Corbett hired the powerfully built Jeffires to help him prepare for his title challengers. Jeffries went on to win the world title from the man, who beat Corbett, Bob Fitzsimmons. Corbett
In early 1915, Sam Rachmann te ankouraje New York International Wrestling Tournoi ak entansyon pou ranplase Frank Gotch chanpyon Lut Pwa Lourd ki te pran retrèt.. Rachmann te kwè pèsonn pa t ka bat Aleksander “Alex” Aberg, Siksesè Rachmann nan Gotch, nan lit Greko-Women. Defi Rachmann a te trape-tankou-trape-ka se te style lit dominan nan Amerik la. Pou jwenn alantou defi sa a, Rachmann rekrite entènasyonal
Nan 1922, fiti chanpyon Mondyal Lut pwa lou Jim Browning te kòmanse karyè li nan Kansas. Browning te deplase soti nan vil li a nan Verona, Missouri in 1921 pou antrene pou yon karyè lit pwofesyonèl. Tom Lwa, Wichita a, Pwomotè Kansas, te sipèvize fòmasyon Browning la. By May 1923, Browning te deja nan evènman prensipal la nan pi piti montre. Sou yon Augusta, Kat Kansas, Browning lite